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destruir

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See also: destruír

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

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Verb

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destruir (first-person singular present destrueixo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruït)

  1. to destroy

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (to destroy) (probably an early borrowing), from + struō (to put together).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈtɾujʁ/ [desˈtɾuɪ̯h], /d͡ʒisˈtɾujʁ/ [d͡ʒisˈtɾuɪ̯h]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /desˈtɾujɾ/ [desˈtɾuɪ̯ɾ], /d͡ʒisˈtɾujɾ/ [d͡ʒisˈtɾuɪ̯ɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃˈtɾujʁ/ [deʃˈtɾuɪ̯χ], /d͡ʒiʃˈtɾujʁ/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtɾuɪ̯χ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈtɾujɻ/ [desˈtɾuɪ̯ɻ]

Verb

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destruir (first-person singular present destruo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruído)

  1. (transitive) to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)
  2. (transitive) to undo
  3. (transitive) to break down
  4. (transitive) to annihilate, exterminate
  5. (transitive) to extinguish (make disappear)
  6. (transitive, figuratively) to upset, disturb
  7. (intransitive) to crush (reduce to nothing)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēstruere.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /desˈtɾwiɾ/ [d̪esˈt̪ɾwiɾ], /destɾuˈiɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuˈiɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧truir, des‧tru‧ir

Verb

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destruir (first-person singular present destruyo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruido)

  1. to destroy
    Synonym: romper

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “destruir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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